1550 BIBLE in LATIN by ERASMUS antique RARE ZURICH pocket size NEW TESTAMENT

TESTAMENTUM NOVUM,
per D.Erasmum Roterodamum novissime recognitum

Praeterea scripturae concordantiis undique in marginibus accurate illustratum


[Zurich] : [Christoph Froschauer], [c. 1550]

[8], 383, [1] Bl.


Small size: 3 by 4.5 inches

Original hand tooled pigskin over wooden boards, spine with raised bands.

lacks clasps, both covers are detached.

 very good interior condition

Ex-library

RARE

 Text in Latin
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Christoph Froschauer (ca. 1490 – 1564) was the first printer in Zurich, notably for printing the Froschauer Bible, the Zwinglian Bible translation. His workshop is the nucleus of the Orell Fussli publishing house.

Froschauer was born in Neuburg near Oettingen (Bavaria) and acquired Zurich citizenship on 9 November 1519, as a gift "for his art."
He learned the printer's trade with his uncle, Hans Froschauer, in Augsburg and came to Zurich in 1515.
Working for one Hans Ruegger, he built a printing press. At Ruegger's death in 1517, Froschauer married his widow and took over the press, and he was given citizenship in 1519.
A dispute over the sausage eating organized by Froschauer in his workshop during Lent in 1522 brought about open conflict between Zwingli and the clerical establishment, thus setting off the Reformation in Zurich.

He printed the works of Erasmus von Rotterdam, Luther and notably of Zwingli.
The paper used was produced in the city's paper mill at the Limmat, also operated by Froschauer.
Froschauer died of the plague in 1564 in Zurich.
His nephew Christoph Froschauer the Younger (1532–1585) took over the shop.
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